Re: fat q..food fat that is

April 22, 2001

My understanding is the " fat malabsorption " part of the surgery will work one

of two ways

1) If you eat fat, it will give you diarrhea and so you will avoid fat.

2) If you eat fat, you body will handle it, but you won't absorb it (or all

of it). Therefore it won't make you gain weight.

Now I personally define diarrhea as urgent, uncontrollable bms. I do not

have this. I fall under number 2 above (thank you, thank you, thank you.) I

have 2 to three bm a day (not that I don't have an occassional day with more

but I had that much variance preop). They are definately of different

consistency and odor. But this has all been very managable.

Dawn

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

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April 23, 2001

I think I might fall under Dawns # 1. I ate butter one of very few

times in past five months. I was gurgling, gassey, and eventually

cramping with the " runs " . SO far me it results in painful diarhea

with cramps...I know yuck and it sucks, but that's my reality.

So at this time I try to eat as low fat as possible, but I DO still

eat fat don't get me wrong I just pay dearly the next day.

Brigid

April 23, 2001

I think I might fall under Dawns # 1. I ate butter one of very few

times in past five months. I was gurgling, gassey, and eventually

cramping with the " runs " . SO far me it results in painful diarhea

with cramps...I know yuck and it sucks, but that's my reality.

So at this time I try to eat as low fat as possible, but I DO still

eat fat don't get me wrong I just pay dearly the next day.

Brigid

April 23, 2001

I think I might fall under Dawns # 1. I ate butter one of very few

times in past five months. I was gurgling, gassey, and eventually

cramping with the " runs " . SO far me it results in painful diarhea

with cramps...I know yuck and it sucks, but that's my reality.

So at this time I try to eat as low fat as possible, but I DO still

eat fat don't get me wrong I just pay dearly the next day.

Brigid

April 23, 2001

:

I was told before I got my surgery that I would only absorb about 30% or less of the fat I ate so not to worry about it. I do find that when I eat lots of fat my diarrhea does increase. But I have been losing weight at more than an acceptable rate (90 pounds in less than 5 months). When you were told that fats wouldn't cause problems I suppose it depends on whether you consider diarrhea a problem.

I use Miracle Whip rather than Mayo simply because I prefer the taste. It does NOT have less fat than Mayo, at least the regular doesn't. They both come in a low fat version. I'd suggest eating what you like concerning fats, modifying it if you have any symptom that YOU consider a problem.

Regards.

Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldSurgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch340 starting weight, currently 250http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html

fat q..food fat that is

> I have a q for all post~ops.....> Do you find you have a problem with "fat" post~op? Food fat that is.> > I read something on the web that stated basically hey go ahead and eat fat > that it will not harm you...yadda yadda.. However, I have also read that it > can cause loose stools, etc....which is true?? What is your experiences??> > The reason for the q is that I have read everyone who has their tuna, > sandwiches, etc with {~shudder~} Miracle Whip. YUCK!! I do prefer Helman's > Mayo, for taste reasons and cannot handle the NO Fat mayo....~~another > shudder~~. I know that when I do use it it is not that much, but I was also > wondering due to other things that do contain fat like butter, etc...> > No matter how hard a bear tries,> he WILL NOT lose weight without exercise!!> ~Winnie the Pooh> Lots Of Love....> lynn> > _________________________________________________________________> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------->

April 23, 2001

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I was told before I got my surgery that I would only absorb about 30% or less of the fat I ate so not to worry about it. I do find that when I eat lots of fat my diarrhea does increase. But I have been losing weight at more than an acceptable rate (90 pounds in less than 5 months). When you were told that fats wouldn't cause problems I suppose it depends on whether you consider diarrhea a problem.

I use Miracle Whip rather than Mayo simply because I prefer the taste. It does NOT have less fat than Mayo, at least the regular doesn't. They both come in a low fat version. I'd suggest eating what you like concerning fats, modifying it if you have any symptom that YOU consider a problem.

Regards.

Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldSurgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch340 starting weight, currently 250http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html

fat q..food fat that is

> I have a q for all post~ops.....> Do you find you have a problem with "fat" post~op? Food fat that is.> > I read something on the web that stated basically hey go ahead and eat fat > that it will not harm you...yadda yadda.. However, I have also read that it > can cause loose stools, etc....which is true?? What is your experiences??> > The reason for the q is that I have read everyone who has their tuna, > sandwiches, etc with {~shudder~} Miracle Whip. YUCK!! I do prefer Helman's > Mayo, for taste reasons and cannot handle the NO Fat mayo....~~another > shudder~~. I know that when I do use it it is not that much, but I was also > wondering due to other things that do contain fat like butter, etc...> > No matter how hard a bear tries,> he WILL NOT lose weight without exercise!!> ~Winnie the Pooh> Lots Of Love....> lynn> > _________________________________________________________________> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------->

April 23, 2001

on 04/22/2001 11:59 PM, Blanshan at stephs_dolphin@... wrote:

I read something on the web that stated basically hey go ahead and eat fat

that it will not harm you...yadda yadda.. However, I have also read that it

can cause loose stools, etc....which is true?? What is your experiences??

The reason for the q is that I have read everyone who has their tuna,

sandwiches, etc with {~shudder~} Miracle Whip. YUCK!! I do prefer Helman's

Mayo, for taste reasons and cannot handle the NO Fat mayo....~~another

shudder~~. I know that when I do use it it is not that much, but I was also

wondering due to other things that do contain fat like butter, etc...

Hi there ;-)

Just my two cents....I have REAL butter....REAL cheese....real anything. I can't stand the light/fat free stuff....BLAH! I, like dawn consider urget totally liquid BM's as diahrea or loose stools....and I haven't had many problems with those that i've noticed....once in a while...but not every time I eat fat! :-) Woohoo! :-)

Hope this helps...

hugs,

Beth

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Post-Op BPD/DS---->Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Dr. D. S. Hess, Bowling Green, Ohio

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Pre-op Stats: Height 6'0 " Weight 448lbs BMI 60.8

10-31-00 416lbs BMI 56.4 -32lbs

11-14-00 409lbs BMI 55.5 -39lbs

11-27-00 399lbs BMI 54.1 -49lbs

12-12-00 392lbs BMI 53.2 -56lbs

12-28-00 387lbs BMI 52.5 -61lbs

01-07-01 377lbs BMI 51.1 -71lbs

01-27-01 367lbs BMI 49.8 -81lbs

02-26-01 353lbs BMI 47.9 -95lbs

03-17-01 343lbs BMI 46.5 -105lbs

04-17-01 333lbs BMI 45.2 -115 lbs in 6 months!!:::HAPPY WIGGLE:::

April 23, 2001